Creamy Indian curry pasta
Curry pasta is a flavorful creamy Indian-style pasta recipe that can be prepared within 30 minutes. It's a fusion of Indian and Italian cuisines in which the usual tomato sauce of pasta is replaced with a delicious Indian makhani sauce.
Servings 4
Calories 513kcal
Equipment
- 1 Large cooking pot
- 1 large pan or skillet
- 1 Spatula
- Blender or food processor
- Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
- 350 grams uncooked pasta
- 1 large red onion roughly chopped
- 3 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
- 3-4 large garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 1 inch piece of ginger roughly chopped
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder adjust to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup cream
- 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
- Water to cook pasta
Instructions
- Cook pasta al dente following package instructions. Before straining, reserve some pasta water.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan while the pasta cooks. Add chopped onion, garlic, and ginger. Cook until the onion starts turning brown.
- Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Mix and cover the pan. Cook covered until the tomatoes turn soft.
- Transfer the cooked onion and tomatoes to a food processor or grinding jar. Pulse to make a smooth sauce.
- Heat the remaining ½ a tablespoon of oil in the same pan. Add the onion-tomato sauce, tomato paste, curry powder, Kashmiri red chili powder, black pepper, and salt. , Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add some reserved pasta water to adjust the consistency, if the sauce is too thick.
- Add cooking cream and mix. Cook on low heat for 1-2 minutes while stirring continuously.
- Add cooked pasta and gently mix. Turn off the heat.
- Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro or parsley.
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Notes
- Use red onion to make Indian curry sauce. White or brown onion doesn't give the same flavor.
- Use a juicy red variety of tomatoes otherwise, you won't get the required consistency and color of the curry pasta sauce.
- You can add vegetables like green peas, bell peppers, or green beans to this curry pasta. Baby spinach can also be added to it.
- Instead of curry powder, you can also mix Indian spices like cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, etc, and add that to the sauce. However, curry powder will give a better flavor.
- Kashmiri red chili powder is not very spicy but adds color to the dish. To add more heat you can use some red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.
- Stir the sauce continuously for at least 1-2 minutes after adding cream otherwise, it might curdle because of the tomatoes. Also, keep the heat low or turn off the heat while adding the cream.
- More recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions are shared in the post above, please follow them to make this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 513kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 582mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1668IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2mg